The Nation: Outrage and Releif

The bombing stirred mixed hut predominantly critical reactions in the
U.S. and round the world. Most of America's European allies were
officially silent. The themes of world, reaction ranged from outrage,
to a more moderate sadness, to a kind of unenthusiastic sympathy for
the President's implacable line. Only on Taiwan and in Saigon were the
raids greeted with almost unmitigated satisfaction. Then, with the
bombing halt, came expressions of relief and hope mixed with
recrimination. A sampling of reactions:

BEFORE THE BOMBING HALT

The Times of London: "He [Nixon] ordered the most pulverising saturation
bombing against the wretched Vietnamese people which...